I don't know what they mean when they say 'swing hard' anyway. Rolling Jazz Dflat 2014 Thread

After looking at that list was reminded for the second time this week that there are two bass players in town with names that are pronounced the same- Sean Conly and Shawn Conley. Almost posted that on the RONG DUDE thread.

Looking at that listing, I mean

What makes you so interested in that particular gig, don?

I'm intrigued by the idea of singing Nichols--hopefully not scatting only, but even so (with results to be YouTubed,pleeeze).

Apparently there is another bass player who does that gig who went to Hurting's alma mater. Wonder if he knows him.

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hmm, actually I just put on No Room for Squares for the first time in a while, the band is great but he might have a point about Hank's solos

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/mise-en-abime-steve-lehman-pi-recordings-review-by-karl-ackermann.php#.U4tRBoUyyvQ

Repost from the Queens thread, in case anyone might be interested:
Music now starting at 8 on weeknights at Terraza. Check out their listings and new ad on page 48 of the NYC Jazz Record http://nycjazzrecord.com/

One of yr top drummers of today is over there playing his second set right now.

oh word? I'm stuck at the office though.

Do they pull a decent crowd on a weeknight?

Much bigger crowd on the weekend.

Another good drummer tonight, although not as well-known yet, in the States at least.

James, did your friend go to that thereFay Victor’s Herbie Nichols Sung? If so, would like to know what he said.

Yes. Said -and I quote- "it was great." Said producer recorded, but I don't know in what medium and whether it will be available.

Because I hate the soprano saxophone, I've always been kinda fascinated by the Steve Lacy repertory group Ideal Bread (instrumentation: baritone sax, cornet, bass, drums). Leonard Pierce reviews their new one, a double CD, for Burning Ambulance.

I have to admit I've always had a hard time listening to Steve Lacy records solely because of that squeaky soprano sound. They have all the other elements of something I would like. Coltrane is the exception for me on soprano.

Thought it was only a myth that Trane found the instrument left behind in a cab but I think it is more or less true.

Guess there are some other stories as well.

Went to the Jazz Gallery last night to see Jerome Sabbagh's quartet—Ben Monder on guitar, Joe Martin on bass, Jochen Rueckert on drums. I filmed the first piece, will post it on Burning Ambulance this week. They've got a new CD coming out on Sunnyside in September.

Cool. Looking forward to seeing that. Did you talk to them at all? Ben is a pretty interesting guy.

I talked to Jerome for a few minutes before the set. Nice guy. Looking forward to hearing the new album—the song I recorded is the title track, apparently.

Reviewed two new octet albums today on Burning Ambulance - the new Steve Lehman, and one by Chicago bassist Jason Roebke. I like the Roebke better. [link]

4th of July, so I thought of checking me out some Barbecue Dog, for the first time in ages: some bits (guitar synth, Massey's overdubbed saxes)* seemed a bit fusion-y cliche even in '83, but still a lot of wit and vitality bursting through the filigree, often enough. Except on "Mystery at Dawn, " where Reid's nice banjo conundrum is pretty much left alone with the damn saxes, but then, "Gossip," "When Cherry Trees..." and most of "Harlem Opera" (especially the end) mor than save the second half. This and Mandance were recently reissued as downloads, and I suppose remastering might help---anyway, Spotify's got several live albums I haven't heard yet, some with a later line-up; anybody know those?
*(Massey's okay solo; wish the trumpet got to solo more)

Of the ones available on Spotify, Earned Dreams and Montreux Jazz Festival feature that Vernon Reid/Melvin Gibbs iteration of the band, and both are great; I particularly love Montreux. Not sure about the others. I remember hearing some of the others, but I'm not 100% sure which ones, and I don't think they were as ferocious as the Reid/Gibbs material.

Thanks, I'll check those out. Also unearthed my ancient copy of Mandance, which I seem to recall preferring to Barbecue Dog(Justified? We'll see.)

Really been getting into this Argentinian composer/bandoneon player called Dino Saluzzi, his latest offering El Valle de la Infancia is the first I have heard of him and couldn't find any thread love on here. Nueva cancion jazz/improv/Argentinian folk/exquisite storytelling type music. It treads a fine line between too damn pretty and very nice at times but is worth checking out.

I heard a record of his on ECM from a few years ago that was really nice—Ojos Negros, a series of duets with cellist Anja Lechner.

Thanks I will check that one out.

I reviewed the new album by saxophonist Eric Wyatt (he's Sonny Rollins' godson, which makes picking up the saxophone a pretty ballsy move, if you ask me).

The New Yorker posted a satirical "interview" with Sonny Rollins. Jazz critics lost their shit on Twitter and Facebook. I had a few thoughts.

The jazz musicians I know have mostly remained silent. (A notable exception would be Nick Hempton, who tweeted, "I'M SO OUTRAGED AT SOMETHING I READ ON THE INTERNET, I'M THROWING MY COMPUTER OUT THE WINDOW!"

I did miss that - none of the musicians I'm friends with on FB posted anything.

Phil, do you subscribe to the Smalls newsletter?

long passages of squawking, clattering and clanging

Based on my reading of your blog and you on here, I thought you like this type of sound?

I do!

And no, I don't subscribe to the Smalls newsletter.

BTW, Nicholas Payton has now weighed in on the Rollins "controversy." TL;DR: He's as big an ignorant, gaping asshole as ever.

http://www.jazzwax.com/2014/08/sonny-rollins-and-the-new-yorker.html

He's as big an ignorant, gaping asshole as ever.

nah.

he's right a whole lot of the time.

can't hate on anyone who drops this kind of youtube post:
http://nicholaspayton.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/masters-of-funky-new-orleans-drumming-vol-1/

Been wracking my brain trying to think under what circumstances I might find that sort of thing funny. Came up with
1) It was delivered by an insider, perhaps playing the dozens, another cat who had paid his dues and knew where it was at, of similar stature or at least within striking distance of Sonny.

And
2) It was actually funny.

In more positive jazz news, I got the newish (it came out in May) Jemeel Moondoc album, The Zookeeper's House. He plays alto sax, obviously; Matt Shipp is on piano on two tracks; Roy Campbell on trumpet (I think this might have been his last ever session) and Steve Swell on trombone on two other tracks; Hilliard Greene on bass; Newman Taylor Baker on drums. Four originals and a version of Alice Coltrane's "Ptah, the El Daoud." It's on Relative Pitch and it's really fucking good; I'm in the process of trying to set up an interview with Moondoc for Burning Ambulance.

Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
Yesterday I listened to the first disc (of five)

http://www.jazzmessengers.com/images/BigProductsImages/141490_1.jpg

The 2-LP Teo edit was the first jazz album I heard, and the best bits of that jump out of (my) ancient murk. Still an impression of a missing center, but man what a periphery. Great to hear the tracks added from April 11, but I do wonder if five versions of, say, "Directions," aren't going to seem redundant. Very vivid sound, up close, but with added perspective (the LPs were a bit thin, although that added to thee tendrils of smoke etc). Amazing finally to *hear*, not just sense Holland on electric bass; Miles is just suddenly there at the right moments (moments are the thing here, not sustained build); Grossman is the cogent journeyman, Corea and Jarrett slip and fling bits of texture, Dejohnette!!! I dreamed I was at a session of his last night, then woke up early and high.
Don't suppose that somewhere there might be a trio of Miles, Holland and DeJ--?

What other recent releases should I check out if I really like Landmarks?

Shorter's Without a Net from last year has really grown on me!

can't hate on anyone who drops this kind of youtube post:
http://nicholaspayton.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/masters-of-funky-new-orleans-drumming-vol-1/

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I hadn't thought about the Hook and Sling in a while, one of my favorite all-time beats.

the real find for me out of those is Smokey Johnson's 'I Can't Help It', that beat is so New Orleans. very similar to 'Ain't My Fault', which i feel like every New Orleans drummer references (i got it from Shannon Powell and Herlin Riley years before hearing the original record).

This guy loves, loves, loves that Smokey Johnson record.

I wonder if Hurting knows him. I've met him many times, plays with various people I know. He is very intense but he loves all kinds of R&B drummers. Other one he likes as much Smokey Johnson is James Gadson.

Just received another Smalls broadside from Spike about the WP article about teh jazz.